# Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team p/b Cervelo

Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team p/b Cervelo (UCI team code: IWS) was an Australian UCI Continental cycling team focusing on road bicycle racing. Based in Tasmania since its establishment in 2000, the team's original title sponsor was a Tasmanian restaurant chain, Praties, but Genesys Wealth Advisers, an Australian financial planning network, has taken over this role in 2010. The team was founded by Andrew Christie-Johnson and Steve Price.
In 2014 team was the top ranked team in Australia's National Road Series (NRS). It has competed overseas in the Tour of Qinghai Lake (2.HC), Tour de Taiwan (2.2) and the Herald Sun Tour (2.1).
The team was invited to compete in the Team Time Trial of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships as the Oceania representative.
For the 2016 season the team secured the sponsorship of sports nutrition company, IsoWhey Sports.
For the 2017 season the team merged with SwissWellness, securing the teams immediate future after Avanti announced they would stop sponsoring the team in October 2016
The 2018 season saw Bennelong Funds Management secure primary naming rights of the team.

## Team roster

As at 31 December 2018
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Cameron Bayly (AUS) | Cameron Bayly (AUS) | (1990-10-11)11 October 1990 (aged 28) |
| Scott Bowden (AUS) | Scott Bowden (AUS) | (1995-04-04)4 April 1995 (aged 23) |
| Alastair Christie-Johnston (AUS) | Alastair Christie-Johnston (AUS) | (1998-03-29)29 March 1998 (aged 20) |
| Joseph Cooper (NZL) | Joseph Cooper (NZL) | (1985-12-27)27 December 1985 (aged 33) |
| Sam Crome (AUS) | Sam Crome (AUS) | (1993-12-16)16 December 1993 (aged 25) |
| Brendon Davids (RSA) | Brendon Davids (RSA) | (1993-02-04)4 February 1993 (aged 25) |
| Nathan Elliott (AUS) | Nathan Elliott (AUS) | (1990-12-15)15 December 1990 (aged 28) |
| Michael Freiberg (AUS) | Michael Freiberg (AUS) | (1990-10-10)10 October 1990 (aged 28) |
| Anthony Giacoppo (AUS) | Anthony Giacoppo (AUS) | (1986-05-13)13 May 1986 (aged 32) |
| Chris Harper (AUS) | Chris Harper (AUS) | (1994-11-23)23 November 1994 (aged 24) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Sean Lake (AUS) | Sean Lake (AUS) | (1991-12-06)6 December 1991 (aged 27) |
| Jason Lea (AUS) | Jason Lea (AUS) | (1996-06-26)26 June 1996 (aged 22) |
| Alexander Porter (AUS) | Alexander Porter (AUS) | (1996-05-13)13 May 1996 (aged 22) |
| Timothy Roe (AUS) | Timothy Roe (AUS) | (1989-10-28)28 October 1989 (aged 29) |
| Scott Sunderland (AUS) | Scott Sunderland (AUS) | (1988-03-16)16 March 1988 (aged 30) |
| Dylan Sunderland (AUS) | Dylan Sunderland (AUS) | (1996-02-26)26 February 1996 (aged 22) |
| Ayden Toovey (AUS) | Ayden Toovey (AUS) | (1995-11-08)8 November 1995 (aged 23) |
| Steele Von Hoff (AUS) | Steele Von Hoff (AUS) | (1987-12-31)31 December 1987 (aged 31) |
| Tristan Ward (AUS) | Tristan Ward (AUS) | (1995-08-18)18 August 1995 (aged 23) |

## Major wins
### 2008

    Stage 2 Tour of Wellington, Richie Porte

### 2009

    Stage 2 Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia, Richie Porte

### 2010

    Stage 4 Tour of Wellington, Joel Pearson
    Stage 1 Tour de Taiwan, Will Clarke

### 2011

    Overall Herald Sun Tour, Nathan Haas
    Japan Cup, Nathan Haas

### 2012

    Stage 1 New Zealand Cycle Classic, Campbell Flakemore
    Stages 1 & 3 Tour de Taiwan, Anthony Giacoppo
    Stages 2 & 4 Tour of Borneo, Nathan Earle
    Stage 3 Tour of Borneo, Anthony Giacoppo
    Prologue Tour de Kumano, Anthony Giacoppo

### 2013

    Stage 1 Herald Sun Tour, Aaron Donnelly
    Stage 3 Herald Sun Tour, Nathan Earle
    Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic, Nathan Earle
       Stage 1 (ITT), Joseph Cooper
       Stages 2 & 4, Nathan Earle
    Stage 2 Tour de Taiwan, Nathan Earle
    Stage 4 Tour of Japan, Ben Dyball
    Stage 5 Tour of Japan, Nathan Earle
    Stage 2 Jelajah Malaysia, Aaron Donnelly
    Stage 4 Jelajah Malaysia, Anthony Giacoppo

### 2014

    Stage 3 New Zealand Cycle Classic, Brenton Jones
    Stages 7 & 9 Tour de Singkarak, Brenton Jones

### 2015

    Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic, Taylor Gunman
       Prologue, Joseph Cooper
       Stage 1, Jason Christie
    Stage 4 Herald Sun Tour, Patrick Bevin
    The REV Classic, Patrick Bevin
    Stage 2 Tour de Taiwan, Patrick Bevin
    Prologue & Stage 1 Tour de Kumano, Neil Van der Ploeg
    Stage 4 Tour de Korea, Patrick Bevin
    Prologue Tour of China I, Neil Van der Ploeg
    Tour de Okinawa, Jason Christie

### 2016

    Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic, Ben O'Connor
       Stage 4, Ben O'Connor
    Overall Tour de Taiwan, Robbie Hucker
       Stage 5, Robbie Hucker
    Stages 1 & 3 Tour of Japan, Anthony Giacoppo
    Stage 8 Tour of Japan, Sam Crome

### 2017

    Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic, Joseph Cooper
       Stage 1, Tim Roe
       Stage 2, Sam Crome
    Stage 1 Tour de Langkawi, Scott Sunderland
    Stage 3 Tour de Korea, Scott Sunderland
    Prologue & Stage 5 Tour de Hongrie, Scott Sunderland
    Stages 3 & 4 (ITT) Tour of China I, Joseph Cooper

### 2018

    Stage 4 Herald Sun Tour, Sam Crome
    Stage 4 Tour de Taiwan, Cameron Bayly
    Commonwealth Games Road Race, Steele Von Hoff
    Young rider classification Tour of Japan, Chris Harper
    Stage 4 Tour de Korea, Joseph Cooper
    Prologue & Stage 2 Tour of China II, Anthony Giacoppo

## World, Continental & National Champions
### 2013

    New Zealand Time Trial, Joseph Cooper

### 2014

    New Zealand Time Trial, Taylor Gunman
    Oceania Time Trial, Joseph Cooper
    World U23 Time Trial, Campbell Flakemore

### 2015

    New Zealand Road Race, Joseph Cooper

### 2016

    Oceania Time Trial, Sean Lake
    Oceania Road Race, Sean Lake

### 2017

    New Zealand Road Race, Joseph Cooper

### 2018

    Oceania Road Race, Chris Harper
    Australia Track (Madison), Alexander Porter

## National Road Series
### 2012

    Stage 3 Mersey Valley Tour, Nathan Earle
    Stage 2 North Western Tour, Anthony Giacoppo
    Stage 3 Tour of Gippsland, Anthony Giacoppo
    Overall Tour of the Great South Coast, Anthony Giacoppo
       Stages 1 & 3, Brenton Jones
       Stage 7, Anthony Giacoppo
       Stage 9, Campbell Flakemore
    Stages 2, 3 & 5 Tour of the Murray River, Anthony Giacoppo
    Stages 4 & 14 Tour of the Murray River, Joel Pearson
    Stage 9 Tour of the Murray River, Campbell Flakemore
    Stage 1 (TTT), Tour of Tasmania
    Stage 8, Campbell Flakemore

### 2013

    Overall Woodside Tour de Perth, Joseph Cooper
       Stage 2 (ITT), Joseph Cooper
       Stage 3, Nathan Earle
    Overall Battle on the Border, Jack Haig
       Stage 1, Jack Haig
       Stage 2, Anthony Giacoppo
       Stage 3 (ITT), Joseph Cooper
    Overall Tour of Toowoomba, Nathan Earle
       Stage 2, Nathan Earle
       Stage 3 (TTT)
    Overall Santos North West Tour, Nathan Earle
       Stage 1 (ITT), Jack Haig
       Stage 4, Nathan Earle
    Stages 1, 4 & 6 Tour of Gippsland, Anthony Giacoppo
    Stages 3, 4 & 5 Tour of the Great South West, Anthony Giacoppo

### 2014

    Overall Tour de Perth, Joseph Cooper
       Stage 3, Joseph Cooper
    Stage 2 Adelaide Tour, Brenton Jones
    Stage 4 Adelaide Tour, Jack Beckinsale
    Overall Battle on the Border, Joseph Cooper
       Stage 1, Mark O'Brien
       Stage 3, Joseph Cooper
       Stage 4, Scott Law
    Overall Tour of Toowoomba, Jack Haig
       Stages 1 & 5, Neil van der Ploeg
       Stage 2, Jack Haig
       Stage 3, TTT
    Stages 1, 3 & 4 Tour of the Murray River, Brenton Jones
    Overall Tour of the Great South Coast, Brenton Jones
       Stages 3 & 5, Brenton Jones
    Stage 1 Tour of Gippsland, Scott Law